I have very limited patience
with those who deny human responsibility for upper-atmosphere pollution
and ozone depletion, or deny their impact on the geothermal dynamics of
our planet, or the potentially disastrous consequences of the resultant
climate instability on Earth's ecosystems. To me there is no
intellectual difference between the Lomborgians who steadfastly refuse
to accept the overwhelming evidence of human-caused global warming from
scientists of unquestioned reputation, and the neo-Nazi holocaust
denyers of Ernst Zundel's ilk. Unfortunately, the Lomborgians are
heavily financed in their campaign of misinformation by Big Oil and
other corporate oligopolies, who bear a
disproportionate responsibility for global warming. Sooner or later
they will, like Big Tobacco, be called to account financially and
criminally for their negligent actions and fraudulent
misrepresentations. In the meantime it has been expedient for George
Bush, who received a huge proportion of his campaign moneys from these
liars, to reward their thinly-disguised bribes by undoing almost all of
the US environmental regulations and enforcement instituted by previous
governments to try to limit atmospheric damage, and to exercise
political muscle to prevent the ratification of the Kyoto Accord. By
the time these regulatory reversals and delays are rectified, it may be
too late for our planet.
Should you have to deal with these dangerous idiots, here is a short
list of resources that you can call upon to understand and/or dispense
with their ludicrous arguments quickly:
US
NOAA synopsis of US scientists' consensus on the causes and
consequences of global warming Bill McKibben's
article in the UK journal Granta explaining the psychology, and
cynical political expediency, of denial NASA's
studies of urban microclimates and how they contribute to local
climate change and instability Union
of Concerned Scientists' consensus on global warming and warning
on the Bush regime's distortion of scientific research to forward its
own political agenda Fortune
Magazine's article on the possibility and chilling implications of
global warming producing sudden drastic climate shifts Blogger
Carpe Datum's brief but thorough explanation of the science behind
global warming, and the reasoning behind scientists' connecting it to
human activity and worrying about the risks of resultant instability
(it includes the charts above)
Each of the above sources have links and references to further studies.
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